After studying sociology, law, and psychology at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, I completed my PhD at LMU in 2011 under Prof. Dr. Armin Nassehi with a dissertation on the sociology of political parties. I then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at LMU in the department of Prof. Dr. Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky, punctuated by visiting professorships, research stays and guest lectureships in Bielefeld, Erfurt, Vienna, Konstanz, and Paris, among other places. I am currently serving as substitute professor for general sociology and sociological theory at the Institute of Sociology at LMU Munich (substituting for Prof. Dr. Armin Nassehi).
Since my PhD, my empirical and theoretical research has primarily focused on the consequences of the computer revolution for political publics.
I am the spokesperson for the Political Sociology Section of the German Sociological Association and the editor of the Journal for Theoretical Sociology.